When disasters strike, Massachusetts robotics companies are there to help. Beyond the battlefield, Massachusetts robots have been helping the recovery and humanitarian missions around the globe, from the rubble of 9-11, to the Gulf oil spill, to nuclear situation in Japan following the recent earthquakes and tsunami.

Join us for an inside look at the progress Massachusetts robots – including those from iRobot and Qinetiq North America (Foster-Miller) – are making on the ground at the crippled nuclear reactor in Japan, and how robots are changing how people prepare and respond when disaster strikes.